#298 - Andy Jenkins
Andy Jenkins discusses wanting to leave Wyoming at the age of 13, meeting a young Spike Jonze, working for Rocco at World doing graphics including Jason Lee’s first graphic “The Cat In The Hat”, how much graphic artists gets paid now vs then, his comic Wrench Pilot, working as the art director for the newly formed Girl Skateboards, finding Evan Hecox, leaving Girl Skateboards then returning after 7 years, 30 years of Girls Skateboards and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Andy Jenkins 00:01:08 Wanting to leave Wyoming at the age of 13 00:03:23 BMX brought Andy to California 00:06:49 Meeting a young Spike Jonze 00:14:35 What caused Andy to go from BMX to skate 00:17:03 Our Sponsor AG1 (Athletic Greens) 00:18:38 Getting his first job in skateboarding 00:21:15 Working for Rocco at World doing graphics 00:24:42 Jason Lee's cat in the hat graphic 00:27:57 Skateboard graphic artist pay rates 00:34:31 Graphics that Andy did that maybe he wasn't too proud of 00:41:22 Wrench pilot 00:46:13 Working for the newly formed Girl Skateboards 00:54:41 Finding Evan Hecox 00:57:33 Chris bummed on his Chocolate portrait board 01:01:35 The difference between doing graphics for Girl and Chocolate 01:07:54 Working with Rick, Mike, Megan and Spike 01:17:04 Going back to Girl and Chocolate 01:24:09 Andy's mural at the Berrics 01:32:18 Andy's favorite board graphic that he's done 01:33:29 The Girl Skateboards basketball series 01:35:54 Competitive nature between the artists in the art dump 01:39:07 Working with riders on graphics 01:47:44 30 years of chocolate 01:49:20 The OG Chocolate logo 01:51:03 Deckaid 01:56:53 Lakai video intro shot by Spike Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices